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N., spatharios and archon of Mesembria (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of uncertain type; in lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Wreath border.

..πθρι
ρχον..
μεσημβ.
ισ

.... σπαθαρί καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of uncertain type; in lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Wreath border.

..πθρι
ρχον..
μεσημβ.
ισ

.... σπαθαρί καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4413
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 77.3.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 2638.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας.

Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., spatharios and archon of Mesembria.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Tribute or Trade?: The Byzantine-Bulgarian Treaty of 716 (Open in Zotero)
  • Mesembria in the Ninth Century: Epigraphical Evidence (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du musée de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)
  • Ἡ συνέχεια τῆς Χρονογραφίας τοῦ Ἰωάννου Σκυλίτση (Open in Zotero)
  • La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)